World-famous exorcist says that the devil is behind Harry Potter, luring children

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World-famous exorcist says that the devil is behind Harry Potter, luring children into the occult...

ROME, Dec. 31, 2001 — The Roman Catholic Church's best-known exorcist led the way down a long hallway that was dark but not particularly spooky, dim in a way that evoked only thrift, to the small office where he performs his rite.

The Rev. Gabriele Amorth, who is an awfully jolly priest given his specialty, did not even take Christmas off this year. These are boom times for his opponent, after all, Father Amorth said. Exhibit A: the world. He sees 10 people a day, give or take, for demonic possessions, obsessions and lower-grade infestations.

In Italy Father Amorth is a well-known author whose book "An Exorcist Tells His Story" has been reprinted 17 times. He describes his life, though, as a hard one, spent misunderstood and marginalized, although never wholly disowned, by his own church, which these days mostly seems embarrassed by the ancient rituals he has refused to update.

Lately Father Amorth, who is 75, has been in all the papers again, this time for taking on Harry Potter. When he recently told ANSA, the Italian news agency, that the Devil was behind Harry, luring children into supernatural adventures, he set off a debate in newspapers and Catholic chat rooms.

In truth, though, the exorcist himself does not seem all that exercised by the young wizard from Hogwarts. "If children can see the movie with their parents, it's not all bad," Father Amorth said in an interview, so mildly that it was impossible not to wonder whether he was not a little bit grateful to Harry.

Certainly he is eager to get out the message that the evil Lord Voldemort of the Potter stories is a softie compared with the real You-Know-Who. "Wars are mostly caused by the Devil; certainly Hitler was consecrated to Satan, and Stalin," he said. "I prefer not to mention living persons." He has been known to, though. Just last summer he blamed the Devil for Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo's temporary defection, when he was briefly married to a follower of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in New York.

Father Amorth said the same of a teenage couple convicted of murdering the young woman's mother and brother in Italy last winter. Later the police did report that the two had been reading satanic books. He doesn't seem to hold that against them, though. Most of the people seeking his professional services are psychiatric cases, he says. "I won't see them until they've seen a doctor first," he said, "and most come after they've seen many, many doctors."

Often he even teams up with psychiatrists, and in listening to him talk it is remarkable how much he would seem to have in common with these colleagues. Those who complain that therapists let people with imperfect childhoods off the hook for their own behavior, for instance, would really hate Father Amorth's conviction that the possessed person "isn't a bad person, only a suffering one."

Sometimes the person has been dabbling in magic, he said. But most of the time "the problem is the result of a spell, and, in that event, there can be no guilt," though a proper spell is rather hard to come by "because most magicians are fakes and cheaters." Some of his clients have been with him as long as Woody Allen's movie persona has been on the couch. One has been coming for 16 years. Father Amorth's goals, too, are health and honesty: "I never ask them to become Catholic but to live an honest life."

His father and grandfather were lawyers. After fighting in the Italian resistance as a teenager, he studied the law, too, and was deputy to Giulio Andreotti in the Young Christian Democrats, long before Mr. Andreotti became Italy's seven-time prime minister. Father Amorth's calling, though, was the church, and later, at the request of his bishop, exorcism. In a drafty back office of the Society of St. Paul, when asked how he works, he showed the crucifix and baptismal oil he uses and playfully spritzed some holy water around the room.

Of course his métier predates the New Testament, in which Jesus casts out demons. In the fall of 2000 the Vatican confirmed Father Amorth's announcement that the pope, too, had said a prayer of exorcism over a young woman who had begun screaming and writhing during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square. Yet the Catholic Church is largely mum about the Devil these days. You hardly ever hear a thing about him, Father Amorth said. Meanwhile, he added, the hierarchy is busy trying to tie the exorcist's hands with modern new rules.

"I have bad relations with a number of different cardinals because they have a total ignorance of these problems," he said, rolling his eyes. Two years ago the church came out with an all-new rite that he calls useless. "We can't touch curses, we can't talk to the Devil, and we can do an exorcism only when it's a sure possession, which, since the exorcism itself is diagnostic, can't possibly work," he said. "An unnecessary exorcism never hurt anybody."

For a real education, he suggested, the hierarchy might want to check out the 1973 horror movie about his line of work. "I'm very grateful to 'The Exorcist,' " he said, promoting that movie far more energetically than he had bad-mouthed Harry Potter, "because they made known what we do."

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Sorcery and Mind - Control...
Our Lady - "My child and My children, the greatest anguish of heart that We suffer now is because of the sorcery that has come into the lives of many of your children. We call this sorcery, My children, because there has been a combination of the practice of the occult, witchcraft, with drugs. The minds of your children are being destroyed and distorted by the use of mind - controlling agents from hell. And I say from hell, My children, because it is a diabolical plan of satan to control the minds of your children.
    "O parents, if I could only allow you to see into your near future - and I say near, because your near future is not counted by years but months now.
    "You will find that sin is truly insanity. Children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death. Murder shall be rampant in your streets, My children. And why? Because you have now set up another god to worship, a god of materialism and atheism." (10-6-77)

No goodness in witchcraft...
Our Lady - "Now, My child, you will listen well and repeat.
"The practice of sorcery and witchcraft has become widespread in your country and many nations upon earth. There is no goodness in witchcraft, for it is directed by satan, the master of deceit.
    "My children, there are only two forces now upon earth - good and evil, light and darkness. You are now being tested, and you must now make your choice. Which side shall you join - the road that leads to eternal damnation, the road of darkness of spirit, or will you walk the road to Heaven, the road filled with light?" (11-1-77)

Powers of witchcraft not to be tested...
Our Lady - "Your children are being debased and defiled through sorcery, drugs, and indoctrinated through your schools. The powers of witchcraft must not be tested, for forces are now loosed upon your earth. The supernatural must be recognized, for it is evident that too few are preparing themselves for these days you are living in." (11-1-77)

Witchcraft is diabolical...
Jesus - "He will promote in mankind a form of insanity, for sin is insanity. Man will descend to the level of the animal, degrading his body, committing murder, extermination of the elderly, extermination of the ill, destruction of the youth. Sorcery, drugs, witchcraft, My children. And don't laugh now: the snickers will be your downfall. Witchcraft is here now upon earth. It is no farce; it is no story; it is a fact. For it is diabolical and the coming force of demons." (2-10-78)

Purge from your schools the practice of the occult...
Our Lady - "My children, you will make a concerted effort to take and purge from your schools the practice of the occult. Already, many of your children have entered into these secret societies without your knowledge, and they are propagating it throughout your country and the countries of the world."- October 1, 1977

Mind-controlling agents from hell...
Our Lady - "We call this sorcery, My children, because there has been a combination of the practice of the occult, witchcraft, with drugs. The minds of your children are being destroyed and distorted by the use of mind-controlling agents from hell. And I say from hell, My children, because it is a diabolical plan of satan to control the minds of your children."- October 6, 1977

Children shall disappear from the streets...
Our Lady - "Children shall disappear from the streets, never more to be seen, taken into covens and buried in their burial grounds....
    Only a child of conscionable age, who is in the state of sin mortal, shall be attacked. The attacks shall become more frequent unless you pray."- August 13, 1977

Rock, hard rock' - they were produced in the temple of satan, consecrated to satan...
Our Lady - "I ask you to remove all diabolical musical recordings from your homes. Your children are bringing demons into your homes because, at the time that these records were produced, called 'rock, hard rock' - they were produced in the temple of satan, consecrated to satan.
    "You do not understand, My children, but many of your companies, your record companies, are under the control of Wicca, the international organization of witches and warlocks. Do not laugh! It is true!"- November 25, 1978

There is no such group as a good witch...
Our Lady - "They [children] must not join occult groupings. There is no such group as a good witch or a bad witch. My children, they all are under the rule of satan!"- August 14, 1979

Cursed be those who fall to their knees and worship at Satan's idols...
Our Lady - "Cursed be those who fall to their knees and worship at Satan's idols of deceit. Damned forever to the eternal fires are the worshipers of satan!"- July 15, 1972

He is going about your city looking for young blood...
Jesus - "There is one called 'man' among you now who is diabolical of nature, using a human body.
    "This evil one We have named 'the vampire,' because in his diabolical nature, in his supernatural state, he has developed a necessity for the consumption of human blood to retain the human body he travels in. Know ye well now that he is going about your city looking for young blood."- September 13, 1977

It is the horn of Lucifer!
Our Lady - "You wear a horn about your neck, and you say it is the Italian horn of plenty. It is not! It is the horn of Lucifer!" - November 25, 1978

Now you have reaped your reward in murders and bloodbaths...
Jesus - "Do not accept the false religions of the evil one. Many have given themselves over to astrology, tarot cards, ouija boards, and now you have reaped your reward in murders and bloodbaths, and a form of insanity in the young...."- September 13, 1977

The maturing plan of the evil one...
Our Lady - "My children, your homes must be a fortress. Your homes must be a stronghold of Godly unification. We look sadly upon much division in the families. Mother against daughter, father against son, all the maturing plan of the evil one. To divide is to conquer; united you will stand as a family. Recognize the evil in your land that is reaching into every family. Parents will be held responsible for the guarding of the children's souls. Pray for the Light to come to all your members. Yes, pray for your children who are the true victims of the web of evil that enshrouds the whole earth now. The example given in many homes is foul! We have asked you to keep the statues to be a focal point for the mirror of the soul - the impression upon young minds of Our true existence - that many choose to call legends! Keep the pictures, the sacramentals in your homes. Pray together as a loving family. Prepare the young souls well; for as they go without the family door, it will stand them well in the onslaughts of Satan, so evident in excess about them, this darkness that covers the world. Be you not ignorant of the fact that there are loosed on your earth inhabitants of the abyss, demons of the latter days struggle, who will gather as agents of hell, bent on soul destruction and searching up new inhabitants for the kingdom of Lucifer. Your children of tender years are led very easily - the world is now a giant web! I would spare you, My children, from this terrible fact, but you must be alerted to these agents. Do not be misled also by those who parade as angels of Light, but are truly ravenous wolves carrying the venom of Satan. Do not be conditioned to accept evil. Your first allegiance is to your God." (12-31-71)

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Crucifix to guard entrances to home…
Jesus - "I must reveal, My children, to the world again, that you are to keep a crucifix on your front door and your back door. All entrances to your home must be guarded by the crucifix. There has not been one home on Long Island that had a crucifix on its door that did fall to any evil. I do not speak of the trees, My child; I speak of mankind. You did not know a major disaster as has happened, My children, in Mexico. You see, My child, I set you down in that area to bring the word to mankind, and it was through these words that many listened and the passed through the horrible experience of a hurricane." (10-5-85)

Keep the sacramentals that have been given to you through the ages of your world's time...
Jesus - "I bless you, My children, and I diffuse among you the graces for conversion and cure. Keep the sacramentals that have been given to you through the ages of your world's time. They have been given for reason. Do not cast them aside, for when you do thus you will cast aside your protection against satan and his agents who are loose now in full battle upon earth." (2-10-73)

Keep your sacramentals about your necks...
Our Lady - "Keep your sacramentals about your necks. I say about your necks, not for decoration, but because many shall flee with only what they have on their bodies! It is now a supernatural protection, My children, that you have: your medals, your scapulars, and even your Rosary, your beads of prayer about your neck, your children's necks and all those who wish to be saved.
"The monuments, the statues, must be kept in your homes. As it was in the days of old, the angel of death shall pass by those who retain the monuments in their homes." (5-18-77)

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Save America the Rosary way . . .
Our Lady - "I am the Queen of the Universe, the Mediatrix of all graces, but first and above all I am your Mother! I have come to warn you, to protect you for many will be lost to us. You all, in the final decision, will have made your own choice. I bless you all, My children, with a shower of graces from Heaven. Come to Me at this hallowed place. Be with Me in spirit. Save America the Rosary way—a constant vigil of prayer!"
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Outside links...

Rome's Chief Exorcist Warns Parents Against Harry Potter, Family Life Center International, January 2, 2002
http://www.familylifecenter.net/html/harrypotter-exorcist.html

Potter prompts courses in witchcraft
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1827000/1827166.stm

Harry Potter tops US 'complaint' chart
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,630550,00.html

New Mexico church plans Harry Potter book burning
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/reuters/asia-80672.html

Witchcraft fears keep Fargo kids from Harry Potter
https://www.tldm.org/News4/HarryP1.htm

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